Cultivator



(No Model.)

D. D. PUNK.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL D. FUNK, OF FREMONT, OHIO.

CULTIVATO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,533, dated'November 16, 1886.

Application filed August 24, 1886. Serial No. 211,755. (No model.)'

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL D. FUNK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fremont, in the county of Sandusky and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cultivators, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in sulky-cultivators; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices, that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is aside elevation of a sulky-cultivator embodying my improvements. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 00 0c of Fig. 2.

A represents the axle, which is bent from a metallic bar or pipe, and is formed with an arch, B, thereby forming a raised central horizontal portion, 0, vertical bars D, and horizontal spindles E at the lower ends of the said vertical bars. On thcsaid spindles are mounted supporting-wheels F.

G represents a yoke, which is bent substantiallyin the shape of the letter U, and the rear ends of the arms of the said yoke are connected to the raised horizontal central portion of the axle by means of T-couplings H.

I represents brace-rods, which extend from the spindles of the axle to the front end of the yoke, and are connected to the said spindles and to the yoke, as shown. This yoke, arched axle, and brace-rods constitute the frame of the machine, and may be made either of gas or water pipesof suitable size or of iron rods.

K represents the draft pole or tongue, the

rear end of which is bifurcated,and is attached to the central portion ot'. the yoke and to the central portion of the arched axle by means of clip-bolts L.

M represents a transverse draft-bar, provided at its extremities with ears N, having sleeves N, that slide upon the arms of the yoke G. Set-screws O work in threaded openings in the said sleeves and bind against the arms of the yoke, and thus clamp the draftbar to the arms of the yoke at any desired ad j ustment.

P represents a pair of sliding collars, which are placed on the draft-bar, and are provided with set-screws P, by means of which they may be clamped to the draft-bar at any desired lateral adjustment thereon. Sliding hangers R are hinged on the draft-bar, being provided with hinged ears which extend on each side of one of the collars P, and from the front sides of the said hangers, near the lower 7 ends thereof, project blocks It. I a

S represents draft-arms, which are curved rearwardly, as shown, and have their upper reduced ends swiveled in vertical openings, which are made in the blocks R of the hangers. The said draftarms have their lower ends bifurcated, and between the bifurcated pins V are adapted to extend through the said openings S and through one of the openings T of each .of the cultivator-beams, so as to lock the latter rigidly to the draft-arms at any desired adjustment with respect to the latter. The cultivator-beams are provided with cultivator-shovels T of suitable construction.

When the pinsVare removed, the 'rear'ends of the cultivator-beams may be raised so as to lift the cultivating-shovels from the ground, and in order to elevate the rear ends of the cultivatorbeams I provide hand levers U, which are-pivoted on the rear bifurcated ends of the tongue or pole, and are connected to the cultivator-beams by means of rods U.

W represents an evener or double-tree, which is bolted on the under side of the tongue in rear of the draft-bar, and the said evener or double-tree is provided with pendent drafthangers X, having each a series of openings, X. When the cultivator-beams are lowered to the desired distance so as to cause the cultivating-shovels to work to the requisite depth in the ground, a pin or bolt, X is passed through an opening which is made in each of too the cultivator-beams and throughone of the openings X in each hanger-rod. Single-trees a or rungs for the feet.

Y are attached to the hanger-rod at the required vertical adjustment, and thus the draft is attached directly to the cultivator-beams.

A seat for the driver-is supported on the rear end of a bar, L, the front bifurcated end of which is attached to the rear bifurcated end of the tongue by a rod or bolt that extends transversely through the said bar and tongue. The seat-barsrests upon the axle.

To the beams of the cultivators are attached stirrups a, each of which has a series of rests .The driver seats himself in the seat and places his. feet in the stirrups, and then can very readily manage the team and the plows. By providing the stirrups with a number of foot-rests or rungs the driver can dispose his feet very comfortably on them.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a sulky-cultivator, the combination of the arched axle, the yoke having the rear ends of its arms attach ed to the axle, the trans verse draft-bar clamped to the arms of the said yoke and adjustable longitudinally thereon, and the cultivator-beams connected to the said draft-bar, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a sulky-cultivator, of the draft-bar, the hangers R, laterally adjustable thereon, the draft-arms S, connected to the said hangers, and the cultivator-beams connected to the draft-arm, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the sulky-frame having the draft-bar with the hangers It, hinged to the said draft-bar, the draft-arms attached to the said hangers, the cultivator-beams attached to the draft-arms, and the evener or double-tree having the depending hanger'rods X connected to the cultivator-beams, and the single-trees attached to the said hanger-rods, whereby the draft is applied directly to the cultivator-beams, substantially as described.

4. The combination, in a sulky-cultivator, of thedraft-ba'r, the hangers R,hinged thereto, the draft-arms swiveled to the said hangers and having the transverse openings S, the cultivator-beams pivoted to the draft-arms and having the openings I at their upper ends, adapted to coincide with the openings S, and the bolts or pins V, adapted to enterthe said openings S and I, substantially as described.

In-tcstimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL D. FUNK.

\Vituesses:

D. M. ALDRICH, F. J. GIEBEL, Jr. 

